Graphic Science Seven Journeys of Discovery by Darryl Cunningham

​     For fans of both biographies and science, this is a great read. It covers seven significant, albeit possibly not as renown as they deserve to be, scientists who have made important contributions to various fields of study and scientific disciplines, from agriculture to astronomy to chemistry and more. Because this is the age of long delayed justice, the book went out of its way to include different races and genders, not an easy task considering how much of science has been historically done by white men. 
     The book has some of those too, a nice international variety. One of which, a certain fancy electric car’s namesake, it seems the author didn’t care for very much, for this was the most unflattering of bios. 
    Other than that, the book maintains a uniformly factual approach with an occasional personal opinion/observation thrown in. The scientists featured here did not get a fair shake in their lifetimes, so it's all the more important to learn about them, as a sort of cosmic justice. The language is very plain and accessible and the art is cartoon style minimal, but both are actually perfectly effective in conveying the story without distracting from it and in no way does the plainness and accessibility of language comes through as dumbing down. So it’s really a lovely read, the sort of educational entertainment that’s actually enjoyable. I was already aware of a good amount of information in this book, but it was nice to revisit what was known and learn some new things along the way. 
    The author seems to specialize in this cartoon nonfiction books and I’m very glad our library is getting more of them, since I intend to read more of his work. Great way to learn. Great way to bring knowledge to a nation of science deniers, too, really, just make it look like silly cartoons and then wham them with knowledge. This was very good. Recommended.